Caspar is a masculine given name. It may refer to:

People

Caspar (magus) Caspar (otherwise known as Casper, Gaspar, Kaspar, Jasper, Kasper, and other variations) was one of the 'Three Kings', along with Melchior (Magus), Melchior and Balthazar (Magus), Balthazar, representing the wise men or Biblical Magi mentioned in ...

, a name traditionally given to one of the Three Magi in the Bible who brought the baby Jesus gifts * Caspar Austa (born 1982), Estonian cyclist *

Caspar Badrutt Caspar Badrutt (July 21, 1848June 28, 1904) was a Swiss businessman, hotelier and restaurateur. He was the founder and proprietor of the famous Badrutt's Palace Hotel in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Badrutt was almost solely responsible for developin ...

(1848–1904), Swiss businessman and pioneer of alpine resorts * Caspar Barlaeus (1584–1648), Dutch polymath, Renaissance humanist, theologian, poet and historian *

Caspar Bartholin the Elder Caspar Bartholin the Elder (; 12 February 1585 – 13 July 1629) was a Danish physician, scientist and theologian. Biography Caspar Berthelsen Bartholin was born in Malmø, Denmark (modern Sweden). His precocity was extraordinary; at three yea ...

(1585–1629), Danish theologian and medical professor *

Caspar Bartholin the Younger Caspar Bartholin the Younger (; Latinized: ''Caspar Bartholin Secundus''; 10 September 1655 – 11 June 1738), was a Danish anatomist who first described the "Bartholin's gland" in the 17th century. The discovery of the Bartholin's gland is s ...

(1655–1738), Danish anatomist *

Caspar Buberl Caspar Buberl (1834 – August 22, 1899) was an American sculptor. He is best known for his American Civil War, Civil War monuments, for the terra cotta relief panels on the James A. Garfield Memorial, Garfield Memorial in Cleveland, Ohio (d ...

(1834–1899), American sculptor * Caspar del Bufalo (1786–1837), Italian priest and saint *

Caspar Commelijn Caspar Commelijn or Caspar Commelin (14 October 1668 Amsterdam – 25 December 1731 Amsterdam), was a Dutch botanist. Life and work He was the son of the bookseller, historian and publisher, Casparus Commelijn and his first wife, Margrieta Heyda ...

(1668–1731), Dutch botanist * Caspar de Crayer (1582–1669), Flemish painter * Caspar Cruciger the Younger (1525–1597), German theologian, son of Caspar Creuziger * Caspar Creuziger or Caspar Cruciger the Elder (1504–1548), German humanist, professor of theology and preacher *

Caspar Detlef Gustav Müller Caspar Detlef Gustav Müller (19 July 1927 - 24 January 2003) was a German Coptologist, History of Ethiopia, Ethiopanist, and historian of religion. His specialty was the Coptic Church in Egypt as well as Christianity in Ethiopia, and was a sch ...

(1927–2003), German professor and Coptologist * Caspar Einem (born 1948), Austrian politician * Caspar Ett (1788–1847), German composer and organist *

Caspar David Friedrich Caspar David Friedrich (; 5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840) was a German Romanticism, German Romantic Landscape painting, landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti ...

(1774–1840), German painter * Caspar F. Goodrich (1847–1925), US Navy rear admiral *

Caspar René Gregory Caspar René Gregory (November 6, 1846 – April 9, 1917) was an American-German theologian. Life Gregory was born to Mary Jones and Henry Duval Gregory in Philadelphia. He was the brother of the American zoologist Emily Ray Gregory. After comp ...

(1846–1917), American-born German theologian *

Caspar Frederik Harsdorff Caspar Frederik (Friedrich) Harsdorff (26 May 1735 – 24 May 1799), also known as C.F. Harsdorff, was a Danish neoclassical architect considered to have been the leading Danish architect in the late 18th century. Early life and training ...

(1735–1799), Danish architect *

Caspar Hennenberger Caspar Hennenberger (also Kaspar, Henneberger, Hennenberg, or Henneberg) (1529 – 29 February 1600) was a German Lutheran pastor, historian and cartographer. Hennenberger was born in a Franconian place given as Erlich ( Erlichhausen, or Ehr ...

(1529–1600), German Lutheran pastor, historian and cartographer * Caspar John (1903–1984), British First Sea Lord and admiral of the fleet *

Caspar Lee Caspar Richard George Lee (born 24 April 1994) is a British-South African YouTuber and investor. He was featured in ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 in 2020 for his work in media and advertising. Career Lee started his YouTube channel 'dicasp' in 2011, ...

(1994), South African YouTuber and actor *

Caspar Levias Caspar Levias (February 13, 1860 – February 18, 1934) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish-American Orientalist, lexicographer, and philologist. Life Levias was born on February 13, 1860, in Žagarė, Russian Empire, Russia, the son of Jacob Levias and ...

(1860–1934), Lithuanian-American academic *

Caspar Memering Caspar Memering (born 1 June 1953) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career The player appeared in 320 West German top-flight matches. International career He was part of the West Germany national ...

(born 1953), German former footballer *

Caspar Neher Caspar Neher (born Rudolf Ludwig Caspar Neher; 11 April 1897 – 30 June 1962) was an Austrian-German scenographer and Libretto, librettist, known principally for his career-long working relationship with Bertolt Brecht. Neher was born in Augs ...

(1897–1962), Austrian-German scenographer and librettist, best known for his work with Bertolt Brecht *

Caspar Netscher Caspar (or Gaspar) Netscher (1639 – January 15, 1684) was a Dutch portrait and genre painter. He was a master in depicting oriental rugs, silk and brocade and introduced an international style to the Northern Netherlands. Life According to Arn ...

(1639–1684), Dutch painter *

Caspar Olevian Caspar Olevian (or Kaspar Olevianus; 10 August 1536 – 15 March 1587) was a significant German Reformed theologian during the Protestant Reformation and along with Zacharias Ursinus was said to be co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism. That theor ...

(1536–1587), German theologian *

Caspar Peucer Caspar Peucer ( , ; January 6, 1525 – September 25, 1602) was a German reformer, physician, and scholar of Sorbian origin. Personal life Early life Caspar Peucer was born on January 6, 1525, in Bautzen, (Sachsen, Germany) and died on Se ...

(1525–1602), German reformer, physician and scholar *

Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (5 June 1773 in Lüttringhausen – 6 March 1854 in Leiden) was a Germans, Prussian-born Netherlands, Dutch botanist. He is considered to be the founding father of Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia. Biography ...

(1773–1854), Prussian-born Dutch botanist *

Caspar de Robles Gaspar de Robles (1527, Madrid, Spain – 1585, Antwerp) was Stadholder of Friesland and Groningen at the beginning of the Eighty Years' War (reign: 1568 to 1576). Family Robles was the son of Doña María de Leyte, probably the wet nurse for ...

, (1527–1585), ruler of two provinces of the Netherlands *

Caspar Schoppe Caspar Schoppe (27 May 1576 – 19 November 1649) was a German catholic controversialist, philosopher and scholar. Life He was born at Neumarkt in the upper Palatinate and studied at several German universities. He converted to Roman Catholicism ...

(1576–1649), German controversialist and scholar * Caspar Schütz (1594), German historian *

Caspar Schwenckfeld Caspar (or Kaspar) Schwen(c)kfeld von Ossig () (1489 or 1490 – 10 December 1561) was a German theologian, writer, physician, naturalist, and preacher who became a Protestant Reformer and spiritualist. He was one of the earliest promoters ...

(1489 or 1490–1561), German theologian, writer, preacher, Protestant Reformer and spiritualist *

Caspar Stoll Caspar Stoll (Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Kassel, probably between 1725 and 1730 – Amsterdam, December 1791) was a naturalist and Entomology, entomologist, best known for the completion of ''De Uitlandsche Kapellen'', a work on butterfl ...

(probably between 1725 and 1730–1791), Dutch entomologist * Caspar Voght (1752–1839), German merchant and social reformer *

Caspar Weinberger Caspar Willard Weinberger (August 18, 1917 – March 28, 2006) was an American politician and businessman. As a Republican, he served in a variety of state and federal positions for three decades, most notably as Secretary of Defense under ...

(1917–2006), American politician and U.S. Secretary of Defense *

Caspar Wessel Caspar Wessel (8 June 1745 – 25 March 1818) was a Danish– Norwegian mathematician and cartographer. In 1799, Wessel was the first person to describe the geometrical interpretation of complex numbers as points in the complex plane and vector ...

(1745–1818), Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer *

Caspar Wistar (glassmaker) Caspar Wistar (born Caspar Wüster) (February 3, 1696March 21, 1752) was a Holy Roman Empire-born glassmaker and landowner in Pennsylvania. One of the first German colonists in Pennsylvania, he became a leader of that community and prospered in ...

(1696–1752), German-born glassmaker and landowner in Pennsylvania *

Caspar Wistar (physician) Caspar Wistar (September 13, 1761January 22, 1818) was an Americans, American physician and Anatomy, anatomist. He is sometimes referred to as Caspar Wistar the Younger, to distinguish him from Caspar Wistar (glassmaker), his grandfather of the ...

(1761–1818), American physician and anatomist, grandson of the above *

Caspar van Wittel Caspar van Wittel or Gaspar van Wittel (; born Jasper Adriaensz van Wittel; 1652 or 1653 – 13 September 1736), known in Italian as Gaspare Vanvitelli () or (), was a Dutch Republic, Dutch painter and draughtsman who had a long career in R ...

(1652 or 1653–1736), Dutch painter *

Caspar Veldkamp Caspar Cornelis Johannes Veldkamp (born 23 April 1964) is a Dutch politician and former diplomat currently serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands), Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Schoof cabinet. Veldkamp previously served as a me ...

(born 1964), Dutch politician *

Caspar Whitney Caspar William Whitney (September 2, 1864 – January 18, 1929) was an American author, editor, explorer, outdoorsman, and war correspondent. He originated the concept of the All-American team in college football in 1889, when he worked for '' ...

(1864–1929), American author, editor, explorer and war correspondent *

Caspar Friedrich Wolff Caspar Friedrich Wolff (18 January 1733 – 22 February 1794) was a German physiologist and embryologist who is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern embryology. Life Wolff was born in Berlin, Brandenburg. In 1759 he graduated as an ...

(1735–1794), German physiologist and one of the founders of embryology * Caspar Wrede (1929–1998), Finnish film and theatre director

Places

Caspar, California Caspar is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located on the Pacific Ocean, north of Mendocino, California, Mendocino, at an elevation ...

Fictional characters

*Caspar von Bergliez, a fictional character from the video game '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' and '' Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes''

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